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洗う is an exact match with one form of the following word:
洗う
BOOST
Reading : あらう   
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to wash
2. to investigate
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
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洗う is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 25,000 (about 25,300,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 499 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 14421
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 23 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
かお
あら

wash one's face
からだ
あら
ずっと
きぶん
気分
よくなった
I washed myself and felt much better.
わたし
まいにちがお
毎日顔
あら
います

I wash my face every morning.
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あらう
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 154,000 (about 530,000 results)
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 23 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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セン   あら to wash   
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スイ   みず water   
セン   さき ahead   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
legs
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